put back

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Definition
  1. Phrasal Verb:
    • To return something to its original or proper place: To move an object to the location from which it was taken or where it is usually kept.
    • To delay or postpone an event or schedule: To cause something to happen at a later time than originally planned. (Note: This meaning is less common and often interchangeable with "set back" in this specific sense.)
Examples of Usage
  • Phrasal Verb:
    • After looking at the map, please put it back in the glove compartment.
    • The librarian asked the student to put back the journal on the correct shelf.
    • The meeting has been put back until next Friday due to the manager's illness.
Advanced Usage
  • "to put back the clock": To return to a past situation or set of conditions; to reverse progress.
    • The new regulations threaten to put back the clock on environmental protection by decades.
Variants and Related Words
  • Set back (phrasal verb): Can be synonymous with the "delay" meaning of "put back" (e.g., ). It also has the distinct meaning of "to cost a certain amount," as in the reference context.
  • Replace (verb): To put something back in its place.
  • Return (verb): To give, send, or put something back.
Synonyms
  • Return: To bring, send, or put something back to a person or place.
  • Replace: To put something back in its correct position.
  • Restore: To return something to its original condition or place.
  • Postpone (for the delay meaning): To arrange for something to happen at a later time.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Put away: To put something in the place where it is usually kept, often implying tidying up.
    • Please put away your toys when you're finished playing.
  • Put off: To postpone or delay something.
    • They decided to put off the trip until spring.
Related Idioms
  • Put back the clock / Turn back the clock: To return to the past or to earlier conditions.
    • We can't put back the clock and undo what has been done.
Verb
  1. cost a certain amount
    • My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000
  2. put something back where it belongs
    • replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it
    • please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them

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